Nebraska Newspapers

    The Omaha - Daily
Bee.
THE OMAHA DEE
Is the most powerful bualnees
getter In the west, became It goes,
to the hornet of poor and rich.
WEATHER FOB C AST.
For Nebraska iienerally fe.'f.
For Iowa - Generally fair.
For weather report eee page 2.
OMAHA, MONDAY MOHNJNU, JULY 4, 1910 TEN PAGES.
SINUI.K COPY TWO CENTS.
VOL. XL-N
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Former President Declares He Will
Not Be a Candidate for Got-
ernor of New York.
i
WRITES LETTER TO FRED ADAMS
Sayi that it Would Be Impossible to
Accept Nomination.
REPUBLICANS URGE CANDIDACY
Have Hopes that They Bring About
Change in Decision.
THREE CALLERS AT OYSTER BAY
Brlstow, Madlaon and Murdock Have
a ronlrrrao and Talk Over the
l'llU-al Mtuatlon, bat
' nefune to I)lalp.
NEW YORK, July J.-fSpeclal Tele
gram.) For governor Theodore Roosevelt.
That Is the war the republican leaders,
or at leapt some of them, want Vhe ticket
to read next fall. They declare that,
with Hughe out. Roosevelt la the only
man who can make a republican victory
aur. '
Mr. Roosevelt yesterday put bis foot down
hard on this project. He wrote Fred B.
Adorns, secretary of the Republican club
of Utlca, which has been active In the
game, to this effect:
"I ask that the club at once atop any
agitation to have me named for governor.
It would be an absolute impossibility for
me to accept."
Nevertheless, It Is pointed out, that men
who have as emphatically declined nomina
tions In the' pist have been brought to see
that party duty demands the sacrifice. It
Is pointed out. In tact, that this was the
cuse when Mr. Roosevelt accepted the vice
presidential nomination.
Some of the strongest men In the repub
lican party are back of the movement to
get Roosevelt to accept ' the nomination
and they are not without hope that they
Will succeed. ,
There were busy times at Oyster Bay
today. Among the most important vis
itors were Senator Brlstow and Repre
sentatives Madison and Victor Murdock
of Kansas, all Insurgents. They arrived
here for a conference with Mr. Roosevelt,
n. went to Oyster ay.
"Senator, shall you have anything to
say before your conference?" was asked
of Senator Bristow,
"No," he answered. "But we may have
before we get back, if the colonel will
let us."
'Are you gentlemen insurgents?" asked
a representative of t.ie press, who wanted
to be double sure of this fact.
The senator grinned. "X suppose we
mlgnt be taken for such," he acquiesced.
. ali-V Mndinau wn.e member pf stt&Malr
' llnger-Plnchot , investigating committee.
They had little to say after tue confer
,. erlce. -
, "Now, boys," admonished Mr. Murdock,
"whatever you write, don t say our faces
were wreathed wuu smiles. Here Is what
we have to cay, with the permission of
the colonel. This statement will stand for
a., of us, and -.ere is not a word to add
to it."
Mr. ' Murdock then dictated tae follow
ing statement:
"All of us were anxious to see Mr. Roose
velt because we don't believe he hud three
stauncher supporters of his policies
throughout his term of office and we be
lieve he knows this better than any one
else.
"Brlstow was his right-hand man In un
covering and punishing ,the postal frauds
and Madison and I were among the thirty
five who stood up for him when the fight
was made to deprlvo him of the use of the
, secret service men In uncovering such nls
(, deeds as the postal frauds.
"Naturally we feel much pleased to find
him absolutely unchanged." (Mr. Mur
dochs voice roso a little unconsciously In
emphasis as he pronounced the last two
words.) "Absolutely unchanged," he re
peated, "in his attitude toward public ques
tions and also to find how close he has
kept 'In touch with what has happened In
the last year and a quarter.
Congratulations Extended.
"Nothing more pleased us than his at
once congratulating us and those associated
with us in having succeeded In putting Into
the railroad rate bill the provisions vitally
necessary in order that It should represent
progress along the lines of proper control
of Interstate common carriers."
Mr. Murdock said Impressively: "You
can quote me for one thing; there waa a
delicious quality about the iced tea."
"Yes," added Mr. Madison, with delibera
tion, "we took that for a compliment to
prohibition Kantas. You know we're a
mighty moral atate. The senator here
never aaya anything atronger than 'by
gravy' and when the colonel said 'by
George." once or twice he looked almost
shocked.".
Senator Brlstow giggled; they were all
Immensely pleased.
"My son," broke out the tall senator from
Karaae, laying a lenn hand on his Inter
locutor'e knee, "I can say one thing to you.
Theodore Roosevelt Is a bigger and broader
man today than before he went away.
That man Is a marvel. What he says
tingles. When he speaks he speaks the
truth and the naked truth, whether truth
naked is beautiful or ugly. It cornea out
like a shot, and, like a shot It goes right
to the mark. I never saw him show such
Inoislveness. liis law has a new angle of
determination. He seems to me not only
broader, but more alert."
HOPES JEFF WILL WIN FIGHT
la an Editorial the Brooklyn Eagle
Gives Its Reason for Waatlagt
, Johnson Whipped.
NEW YORK, July S.-(Special Telegram.)
In an editorial on the Jeffrtea-Johnaon
fight today the Brooklyn Eagle aaya:
"If the Eagle has a preference or
prejudice In the matter, it hopes that the
white man will win and the negro will not
The white race, aa a race, will get over
the elation of success sooner and better
than the black race would get over auch
an elation on lta part And there are
entire ttatea In this country In which auch
an elation by the black race would be a
peril 'In certain communities. There the
whites are in a minority and there the sus
tained supremacy of tbe white la essential
o government and to civilisation.
"For that reason and for others we hope
leffrioa will win and Johnson lose. It ia
eotter for rightful security in all the clr
tumatanoea that Jeffrie should win and
1100SEVELT PUY Preachers File
QUIETUS ON TLA.'!' Charge Against
Ministers at Nebraska City First Try
to Arrest Players, Then Go
to Court.
NKBRAKA CITY, July J.-(Speclal )
Late yesterday afternoon Rev. A. R. Perry,
pastor of the Presbyterian church; Rev. J.
A. KoseT, pastor of the Lutheran church;
Rev. J. S. Lyon, pastor of the HnpMat
church, and G. I. Wright, presiding elder
for the Methodist Episcopal church for
this district, filed a complaint against
the Nebraska City base ball team, which
played ball on last Sunday at the new city
park.
These ministers .tried to force Mayor
Jackson to send the police force out thero
and arerst the players, but he refused.
Since then they have been trying to pre
vail on him and several others to file com
plaints ajcalnst the players for violating
the Babbath. but they have failed, and this
afternoon filed their own complaints.
During the last week the citlxens In gen
eral have taken sides In the matter and a
petition was circulated pledging the support
of the signers to the ball team In their
effort to play Sunday ball and this was
slsr.ed by all of the business men In the
city but a few.
This position seemed to Irritate the mini
sters, ajid they published a notice warning
the public that they were going to file
the complaints unless they were assured
that no Sunday games weer to be played.
A number of the leading supporters of the
churches have taken sides In the matter
and have given notice that they will with
draw from the churches represented by
these ministers unless they attend to their
church duties and refrain from mixing up
In outside affairs.
Thero Is a red hot fight on now that the
four preachers have taken this step and
Sunday morning the Merchants' band will
meet the ball team at the depot on their
return home and escort them to their hotel,
and money Is being raised to defend the
ball players. The other ministers of the
Ity have refused to take any part In this
matter.
HIGH PRICES ON FOOD STUFF
ARE TO CONTINUE FOR TIME
. Oadea Sees No Relief Vntll After
the New Crop Is Placed I'pon
the Market.
NEW YORK. July 8.-(Spclal Telegram.)
There will be r.o relief from high meat
prices for a time at least. This is the
dictum of J. Ogden Armour, whose word
Is law when the price of meat Is Involved.
Mr. Armour came in on the French liner
Province from an eight weeks' trip to
Europe today. He was greeted with this
question:
"Will there be a reduction In the prices
of foodstuffs?"
"I don't think there will be a change till
the new crop, .of, corn la harvested.-and
tnore""l!t"! a new crop of live stock." he
answered. Which - means that the hlch
prices of meat will remain till September
or October-At. least. -
"This matter , is one which Is seldom seen
In Its true light, I f ear, by the general
public," he added.
'At any rate it has not been given due
significance in agitations which have
sprung recently In regard to the prices of
food supplies."
In regard to reports of large quantities
of meat being held In storage, especially
these more . recently published accounts of
such conditions, Mr. Armour said:
"These reports are ridiculous, If true,"
Mr. Armour is delighted with the wonder
ful Improvement In his little daughter
Lolita, who waa treated' for hip disease by
the Austrian physician, Dr. Lorena, some
years ago. The operation attracted world'
wide attention. Mr. Armour nays his little
daughter's health Is now perfect, and while
she has a alight limp, it la well nigh lm
perceptible.
RAILWAY MAIL REPORTS IN
From Information Thai Collect,!
Amount of Compensation Will
Be Fixed.
WASHINGTON, July J.-The work of
compiling Information received from the
railroads of the country concerning the
cost of transporting the malls was begun
today under the supervision of Joseph
Shewart, aecond assistant . postmaster gen
eral.
Congress appropriated $10,000 for the pur
pose of putting this information in such
form that it might be used aa a basis for
fixing the amount of compensation to be
allowed the railroads.
DEMOCRATS MRiCT AT COLFAX
Name Delaarates to Convention at
Grand, lalrtad.
SCHPYLER,- Neb., July 8. (Special )
The democrats of Colfax county held theft
convention 'July I. at which time thy
elected the following delegates to repre
sent them at the democratlo convention
which is to b held in Grand Island. Neb.
on July 2. Frank Henry, J, B. Slndelar,
F. B. Schultx, J. B. McKlnley, John Foley
F. J. VogUUnce, Mr. Powell ahd W. I. Al
len. Also the following were elected to act
as democratlo committee of Colfax county
Fred Kluck. Con Scanlon, Frank Rlchtlg,
F. J. McKlnley, B. F. Farrell, J. H. O'Cal
laghan, George Busch, M. J. Hlgglns, J. W
Hohry. F. B. Schulta, Frank Henry, J. H
Coatello and J. Slndelar.
Gould-Drexel Bridesmaid
to Have Notable Wedding
NEW YORK. July S. Special Telegram.)
Miss Dorothy Randolph, a bridesmaid at
the Gould-Drexel wedding, who made her
debut in Philadelphia two years ago at
the most spectacular and expensive social
function ever given for a debutante, will
be married Monday to John R. Fell of
Philadelphia. The wedding will take place
at Narragansett Pier and. will be the moat
notable country wedding of the country.
The ceremony will take place at Wlldfleld
Farm, the aommer heme of the brides
father, Philip 8. P. Randolph.
Miss Randolph's debut waa made at the
famous "Songbird Gambol," Inp 'Jadelphla
Horticultural hall, which waa transformed
Into a vertitable bower. The Interior of the
hall waa converted Into a woodland scene
with fountain and brooka, growing plants,
ferns, pal ma and treea Brldgea spanned
tbe etreanJi and ruitlo benches were scat
OMAHA TO HAVE
RESTF ULF0 U UTH
Social Pleasures and the Outdoor
Sports Numerously Featured
on Program.
FIGHT BULLETINS IN AFTERNOON
The Bee Will Post News Hot from
Ringside at Reno.
MOTORCYCLE RACES BEG'iN EARLY
Durbar, Children's Matiaee, Dancing
and Fireworks at Clubs.
AK-SAR-BEN KNIGHTS AT PICNIC
Will Leave for Tekumnh at 0t30
Over Morthweatera Maeanercho-r
Rehearsal at German Home
This Morning.
Events of the day
Jeffries-Johnson fight returns Bee bulle
tin board.
Vinton park: Base ball, Lincoln vs.
Omaha. 3:4u.
Motorcycln races at Fifty-ninth and
Dodge streets, a. m.
Ak-Sar-Hen backet picnic to Tekaman.
McKeen motors leave Webstret street sta
tion at 9:30.
Manawa, Pain a fireworks for special at
traction.
Courtland beach, bathing fireworks and
other attractions.
Seymour lake, regular attractions and
fireworks.
Air Dome, Hlllman a Stock company, af-
ternon and evening.
Durbar," at Country club; sports, dan
cing and fireworks.
Metx hail, St. Aloysius cadets arm, af
ternoon and evening.
German Home, Mannerchor rehearsal,
at 10 a. m.; sports and fireworks In the
evening.
Field club, sports, cnuaren s matinee ana
fireworks.
Happy Hollow club, sports, dancing and
fireworks.
Rod and Gun club, water carnlcal, aports
and dancing.
Nielsen a park. West Leavenworth: Dan
ish brotherhood picnic.
Syndicate park, A. o. H. auxiliary picnic.
Prairie park, anniversary day celebration.
City of Peoria, excursions afternoon and
evening.
Miller park, cricket and goir.
Today promises to be fairly tame In
Omaha, so far as celebrating within the
city Is concerned. No official function of
any kind Is on the card, ny -way of recog
nition of the eral significance of Inde
pendence Day. Chief Donahue has In
structed his officers to see to It that as
tight a bridle aa possible Is put on the
youngsters and oldsters who may be In
clined - to get up too much steam In the
way of Indiscriminate and dangerous noise
making. Already the pulling has begun, and
the officers will stand no nonsense, but will
stick close to the letter of Mayor Dahlman'a
proclamation touching the use of fireworks.
A very considerable .number of Individ
uals and families have gone to other parts
of NbroKa-to- fcpand--Ue riTewthr.-r while
others will hike to the nearby country; to
the lakes and to the clubs which have golf,
tennis and other attractive attachments.
Family picnics will be popular In the
parks and several associations also have
picnics on the card. The street cars will
be the automobiles for the . populace to
hurry them to the various places of amuse
ment in and about Omaha, always except
ing tbe large percentage of the male popula
tion that will stick around to take part in
the prize fight gossip and receive the news
bulletins as they are put out by The Bee.
These bulletins will begin shortly after
noon, probably, and will take on real In
terest with the entry of the fighters in the
ring at Reno.
Races, Picnics and Parties.
Motorcycle devotees will foregather at 9
this morning in the vicinity of Fifty-ninth
and Dodge streets for a series of races, and
at 9:30 McKeen motors will take the
Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben and their friends
from the Webster street depot for the trip
to Tekarrjah. The Burt county metropolis
will be the scene of a picnic for the knights
and their friends. ' The occasion Is to serve
the double purpose of a day's pleasure
away from the city streets and of fra
ternising with good friends of Omaha. '
Herman B. Peters was appointed path
finder for the Ak-Sar-Benltea who will
make the trip today to the basket picnic
and races at Tekamah in automobiles. He
went as far as Blair Sunday afternoon and
reports the roads in splendid condition, so
no one need fear to start out In their autos.
At the Country club a "durbar" will be
the feature, and the Field club managers
will stage an interesting matinee of joy
ful makeups for the children. At both
these social pleasure centers dancing and
fireworks will be .favored, and the Happy
Hollow club will follow ault.
The golf links, private and public, will
be trod by arger squads than usual, and
at Miller park a cricket game will offer
a chance for those who love the English
game to see the wlcketa fall.
Maennerchor rehearsala will be on at the
German home on South Thirteenth street
at 10 o'clock this morning, and the musical
treat will be taken full advantage of by
Germane generally. In the afternoon and
evening the cadets of Aloysius school will
give exhibition drills at Mets hall on South
Thirteenth street.
The Danish Brotherhood of Omaha will
have a social gathering at Nielsen's park.
Forty-ninth and Leavenworth, this after
noon, and the A. O. H. auxiliary of South
Omaha will hold a plcnlo In Syndicate park.
At Prairie park acelebratlon will also be
held by residents of that vicinity.
tered in the leafy nooks. Hundreds of
beautiful song birds of brilliant plumage
flew about the room and sang from the
branches of the trees. The entertainment
la said to have cost the fair young de
butante's father nearly $250,000. Special
tralna took the elite of Baltimore, Wash
ington and New York to the function.
Mr. Fell la a son of Mrs. Alexander H.
Van Rennsaeller, by her first husband.
Mrs. Van Rennaatller was a Miss Drexel
before her marriage to the late John R.
Fell.
Cupid waa at hla busiest In New York
during June. A new record waa established
for the number of marriage licenses Usued.
Couplea to the number of 1.671 took out
licenses to wed. an average of 141 per day.
The total waa 47S in excess of June of
last year. The most noted couple to take
out a license were Theodore Roosevelt, jr.,
and atlas Eleanor Alexander,
V&7 .-. ' J
From The Cleveland Leader.
ARMY ENGINEERS LOSE FAVOR
Military Directors of 1 Reclamation
Projects Opposed by Senate.
BILL FOR INCREASE DEFEATED
Measures Providing; for Bnlnrsjrement
of Signal Corps, Dental Snrareons'
Stnff and Other Departments
Suffer Same Fate.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, July 3.-(Spccial Tele
gram.) The proposition to Increase the
corps of engineers of the army was de
feated In the senate by Senator Bailey.
The announcement' by the Texan that he
would filibuster against the passage of
the bill and would, hold the senate In ses
sion all Summer It necessary to encompass
the defeat or withdrawal of the bill caused
a hasty abandonment of the measure by
Its friends. v .. . '
It was proposed to. increase the corps by
the addition of sixty engineers and at an
additional salary expense to the govern
ment of tOT.OOO iearTlln. thus this sal
ary Increase would amount' to $400,000 a
year, with the certalhtjr of a heavy In
crease in the "retired" pay charge. The
chief engineer of the corps and the secre
tary of war recommended the Increase In
the membership of the corps because of
the great amount of work placed on the
corps by the river and harbors Improve
ment bill passed at the session just ended.
But It was asserted at the capltol during
consideration of the bill that the real rea
son for its Introduction and for the in
fluence brought to bear to secure its
passage was a desire to put army en
gineers in charge of the reclamation work,
thereby displacing Frederick H. Newell,
director of the reclamation service, and
Arthur P. Davis, the chief engineer. Be
hind this move, it was asserted, Is Secre
tary of the Interior Balllnger, who would
get rid of these two men on the ground
they are too friendly with Glfford Pinchot;
therefore unfriendly to him. The reclama
tion service is a bureau under the Depart
ment of the Interior.
While Secretary Ballinger's friends made
emphatio denials to this charge, the sus
picion held fast that there existed elements
of 'truth in it. The statement was made
that if Mr. Balllnger desired to get rid of
the directing heads of the reclamation
work he could do so openly and need not
have recourse to artifice or subterfuge.
This may or may not be correct. Public
sentiment plays an Important part in the
game of politics, as evidenced in the re
moval and appointment of public officials,
and the public Is not disposed to look with
favor on the removal of competent and
valuable officials simply to satisfy the per
sonal grudge or dislike of some other of
ficial. It la the opinion of those com
petent to judge that the heads of the recla
mation service have made good.
( Editorial Comment.
There was an editorial In a recent Issue of
the Outlook Colonel Roosevelt's official
mouthpiece dealing with this stibject that
caused comment and is considered sig
nificant. "We see no reason," says the
Outlook, "for subjecting the reclamation
service to the burden of Instructing mill
tary engineers In the subject of hydraulic
engineering when the government not only
can .get hydraullo engineers from civil
ranks, but has already created an organi
sation particularly adapted to the business
of irrigation. We hope that the provision
to enable the president to designate a mil
itary engineer for the reclamation, service
will not become a law. If it does, we
hope that the president will not avail him
self of the authority therein granted, but
will rather give to the present director of
the service the support to which the work
he has so well done has entitled him."
This phase of the question did not pro
voke Senator Bailey s hostility to the prop-
osltlon to Increase the membership of the
corps of engineers. -His was a personal
fight. He objects to the military engineers
passing on the commercial value of a
waterways improvement. He recommended
the Improvement of a liver in Texaa The
military englneei a prevented the- appropri
ation and authorisation for the improve
ment by reporting that the Improvement
waa not justified from a commercial point
of view. Senator Bailey contends that it
ahould be the duty of the military engi
neers to pass only on the engineering prob
lems of a proposed waterways Improve
ment, leaving to others the right to pass on
the commercial worth or necessity of the
project Restricting the activities of the
military engineers to purely engineering
problems, enator Bailey holds that the en
gtneers' corps Is sufficiently large for all
practical purposes. There are now in the
engineer corps 181 officers. In addition to
these military officers, thero are employed
on the 791 rivers and harbors projects 303
civilian engineers, who work under the mil
itary englneere. It was stated by the chief
.t Continued on Second face I
FLY (AWAY) TIME.
Hot Weather
Leaves Many
Dead in Wake
Torrid Heat Wave Causes Intense
Suffering in Crowded Districts
of Large Cities.
CHICAGO, July 3. (Special Telegrams-
Driven Insane by the heat, Malvln Mc
Cartney, a noted academy athlete, son of
C. McCartney, a wealthy Chicago real
estate man, shot himself while on his farm
near Waukegan, and today was dying at
the McAllister hospital of the Lake county
town. His mother, searching for him,
stumbled over his body.
This was only one of many tragedies at
tending the terrible hot wave, for seven
died of the heat. The thermometer
threatened today" to reach yesterday's rec
ord Of 92, and the intense humidity and
lack of a breeze made the Buffering un
bearable throughout the city.
Little clhldren, especially tbe babies in
the Ghetto and other tenement districts,
suffered 'the' most, and physicians ware
nearly spent with the hurried calls they
were forced to make to attend' the bed
sides of the Infant sufferers. The lack of
ice among the poor families waa respon
sible for many a baby's ' death.
While scores of persona were being
prostrated, the heat played havoo among
animals. - Many dogs became vicious and
attacked persons who tried to catch a
breath of air outside, and horses fell un
der their heavy loads all over the city.
Tomorrow will be cooler, according to the
forecast '
NEW YORK, July 3. -The hot wave
claimed three more victims in New York
Saturday, not counting two suicides partly
ascribed to tne weather. The maximum
temperature for the day was 88 degrees.
PHILADELPHIA. July 3. Heat was
responsible for five deaths in this city
today.
GIRLS' KIM0NAS STOLEN,
COLLEGE YOUTHS FIRED
Garments T"k'n from Sororltr House
for Slumber Party Bring Fortb
Investigation.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind., July 1 Nine
young men were suspended from the Uni
versity of Indiana today because they
broke into, a sorority house while the
girls were away on vacations, donned the
co-eds' kimonos and enjoyed a slumber
party." The affair caused a court of In
quiry by the civil officials, and later the
committee on atudent affaire took up the
investigation. The young men then con
fessed their part in the affair. The com
mittee refused to disclose the names of the
men suspended.
NEWTON WOMAN INJURED
WHEN AUTO ROLLS OVER
Miss Baylor gaffers Broken Colla
bone Car Dashes from Grade
nt Curve.
WEBSTER CITY, la., July S.-(Special
Telegram.) Miss Baylor of Newton waa
serioualy Injured in an automobile accident
south of Randall today. Four other
women auffered less severe Injuries. The
car.' waa being driven by L. C. Persona of
Newton, who waa driving from Des
Moines to Fort Dodge. The auto, In
rounding a curve, left the grade and
turned over' twice. Miss Baylor suffered
broken collar bone and serious internal
Injuries.
Carload of Candy Under
Hot Sun Causes Mixup
. Either the Dreibus Candy company pos
sesses an Ingenious young shipping clerk
or a carload of luscious chocolate drops
were melted by the sun on the Burlington
freight platform yesterday afternoon.
- "There's a half doaen dogs out there lick
ing their chops on the candy that was
meant for 4,000 human beings," aaid the
shipping clerk to the freight house man
ager.
"Eh, what's that?' queried the manager,
with a lift of the eyebrows.
"I aay it would be a nice day only the
aun'a too hot," continued the shipping
clerk. "Why don't you get that shipment
of candy inside of a car for a ride? Do
you want It sent back over your road In
buckets?"
While the freight house mannger gathered
a high degree of amusement, the bhlpplng
clerk proceeded to explain himself. He had
called up from hla office and learned the
shipment, after five hours' wait, waa atlll
on the platform. There wasn't any awn
DOOR IS OPEN FOR POOR BOY
Young Rockefeller Talks of Chances
for Young Men.
GRIT AND AMBITION IS NEEDED
Richest Man in the World Abhors
Spongers aad.Haa o Time for
Club Life,
NEW YORK, July 3.-(Speclal Telegram.)
John D. Rockefeller, jr., son of the
world's richest man, declared In an Inter
view that' the chances for the poor boy
who starts In life without an education
are Just as good as they were ten or
twenty yeara ago. Mr. Rockefeller aaya
any poor boy of today with the proper
grit and ambition can forge to the front
as a man of wealth and Influence.
Mr. Rockefeller started In first to dis
cuss the' work of the special grand Jnry,
of which he waa foreman, whose task waa
to . investigate the. white, slave evil In the
environs ot Greater- New York,..
."I aita glad the work la done, for it la a
thankless task,,", said he., "We did our
beat and I am.cpnfident our work, will re
sult In better safeguards being thrown
around the young women and men of this
city, tp protect them against the preying
vultures, of the streets."
Frpm this the interview drifted into other
channels. In reply to. a question, he aaid:
"You certainly can't expect me to tell you
off band what we proposed to do with the
funds at our command. Why, that's a work
of a lifetime, and to It I expect to dedicate
the greater part of my time.'.'
.That settled beyond a doubt the question
hat has, been .paramount in many minds
for a long time concerning John D. Rocke
feller's future and hla life work.
Mast . Not Hit and Walt.
"You see," Mr. Rockefeller went on to
say, "we all have our life work cut out
for us, and If we are true to ourselves and
the trust reposed in us we can only 'de
vote our best efforts to carrying through
to success that task. We must not sit
back and wait for the door of success to
open to us. We must find the door when
the time is propitious and open It for our
selves.' No man should be ashamed of
work, no matter. how mental it is. If he
la ambitious he can always find something
better, but let him do well the task he
originally sets for himself." .
"Your name rarely figures In club news,
Mr., Rockefeller?" Is was suggested.
. "Natyrally I. have no time for club life,'
he .replied. ".In . fact, I wasn't reared nor
educated with that end In view. Aa a mat
ter of fact, I belong to very few cluba and
rarely visit any. I go to the country clubs
and that's about all. I go there for golf,
which I am fond of, and then, too, my
family can accompany me on my visits."
Mpney, Not Everything.
Mr. Rockefeller abhors that class of men
known as sponges. "Nothing la more de
spicable to my mind," he said, "than the
men who cannot afford luxuriea or ex
pensive pleasures and yet make a prac
tice of obtaining them at another's expense.
No man should be discontented with life
because he , falls .to amass great wealth.
There are a great many things much more
worth the . having happiness, health and
clean conscience. The men who worship
the almighty dollar- cannot achieve that
which (W ahould all atrlve for entranco
Into the kingdom of heaven.
"It la character, not money power or In
fluence that . spells happlnesa In the long
run.
ing over the platform, he pointed out,
whereas the cara were remarkably cool as
railroad cars go.
The little lecture Induced a quantity of
energy within the freight house manager,
and he Immediately set forth that the
candy would have lta place In a' car in
stanter. .
"Jt'a almost a ahama to Impose on the
doga at tbla stage of the game," the ship
ping clerk remarked, "but if you think you
cati get action, you might put the consign
ment in an ice cream freezer for awhile
and get It In condition again "
"Say, young fellow," the other retorted
In audden rebellion, "I don't believe this
kltuatloir ia as bad ai you say. I'm going
to atep outbids and see."
"Now you've grasped mf meaning." said
the clerk. "I just wanted you to look at a
load of the finest candy you ever saw, and
figure how awful it would be If the wort
did happen to It. You'll have pity on the
people that are waiting with watery
mouths and pile It on lta way In a burry."
Gil EAT C110WDS GO
TO SEE A BATTLE
Estimated that Twenty Thousand
Persons Will Be at Reno
Ringside.-
NEVADA TOWN FILLED TO LIMITS
Ride in Pullmans, Special Trains and
Freight Cars.
LAST DAY OF TRAINING ENDED
Eoth Jeffries and Johnson Sure of a
Victory.
TODAY JIM TAKES TO THE HILL4
llelaney Glvea Out an Interview
Predict Inu that the lolorrd Man .
Will Win and Telle
Why.
RENO. Nev July 3.-(fpec:I Tele
gram.) Twenty thousand persons will te
at the ringside Monday afternoon when Jlic
Jeffries and Jack Johnson begin their
glove contest for the heavyweight cham
pionship of the world. Ten thousand of
them are already In Reno and anothet
10,0i0 aro Coming frrini the cast and west
on special trains, ' regular Pullmans and
tourist cars, emigrant tralna and freight
cars any way to' get out on the ground
and have the price of a ticket to the big
show.
Yesterday marked the last day of train
ing In both camps.
James J. Jeffries I'll win In the first
round with one punch It possible.
.lack Johnson I will bring home the ba-
con; I'll wear him down.
The foregoing are the laconic atatomenu
of the two fighters.
This afternoon Jeffries had a final con
ference with hla seconds and tomorrow he
and Mm. Jeffries will avoid the gaxe of
the curious by hiking off to sumu secluded
pot In the hills for the day,
James J. Jeffrie, the undefeated cham
pion and hla chief second, James J. Cor
bett, who lifted the crown from the heaa
of the mighty John L. Sullivan, were
culled from the ranks of the "unknowns"
by Delaney and made champions.
Dclaney, when Interviewed Just before
starting for the fight oenter, said:
"Goodness! I never thought 'this fight
would take place. I never thought Jeffries
would fight Johnson, and even after the
match was made In New York I bet hats
and boxes of etgars that Jim would find
a convenient hole through whloli he would
escape. When Jeffrie was fighting and
at hla best Johnson' used to ' follow him'
about the country , and hull challenges at
him. Jeffries lrcruro"d ' imiet , lilm on the'
ground that his-shlaV wsm black."" The fat
that he had already fought colored 'men,'
like Bob ' Armstrong, Peter Jackson and
Hank Griffin cut ho Ice. Jeffries turnot
Johnson down cold. Why? Because he waa
afraid of him. '
Wants to Ba Fair.
"If Jiffr!a goes through this match with
out a hitch it will be the first one In my
experience that lie lias Hot asked a post
ponement for. At . the beginning of this
talk I wish to aay. that my. personal feel
Ings toward, him will not be allowed ti
cloud my Judgment. Though I will be be
hind Johnson t want to be fair and give
the public my honest opinion and nothing
more or less. . Xo return to Johnson, the
sporting world does .not know how goud
a fighter he really la. In rny mind he has
been fighting under wraps. The publin
has not really aern him extended In recent
years. Flghttra of the typo of Ketchel,
Burns and Flynn could not push him hard
enough to get up a sweat. Great Utile
middleweight that Ketchel is, . he waa a
mere toy lh hla hands, and, as I aay, we
don't really know how great a man Jack
Johnson Is, Ot recent times he has done
all that's been asked ot him, and no com
petent judge of a pugilist will deny that
he Is a vastly Improved mechanic.
"While I am singing Johnson'a praises
I will be fair and give Jeffries the credit
of being the greatest heavyweight of his
time. Despite tne fact that Jim waa a
coward out of the ring and hated to de
tenu hie tlt'e Worse than going on an op
erating table for an operation, atlll he
was a wonderful fighter. After the gong
rang, the seconds left the ring and the
glovea were raised to parry and punch,
he feared no man born of woman. Before
the gong, no fighter suffered more from
stage-fright, but I am talking about Jef
fries aa I knew him elk years ago'.
"Will Jeffries come back? That Is a
question we have heard a thousand times.
We certainly can't reaaonably expect Jef
fries to Improve any. Blx years Is a long
time to be out ot the ring.
Opinion of Jeffries. '
"Jeffries likes the good things life affords
and has Indulged himself to aoine degree,
I would not say that hla age la against
him.. However, Johnson has kept his eye.
clear, his foot quick and his muscles pliant
by frequent appearances In the ring and
for tlx years Jeffries was rusting, it
stands to reason that he has slowed up In
consequence ot hla inactivity. Will he re
gain his speed) I think tiot. Baseball play,
ers, track athletes and other human be
ings, who Indulge In vaiioUH forma of sport
don't come back after long vacations and
1 don't know as t ever saw a prize tighter.
I understand Jeffries ha trained conscien
tiously for thft affair. Frlenda who have
visited him were surprised at his condi
tion, which ahowe that he has worked hard.
I would not want him to be in any other,
but the pink of condition. It pleases me to
know that Jeffries can have no excuse,
when he Is defeated, which he will be.
"My going with Jack Johnson should
make no difference to Jim, except to Im
pel him to fight all the harder. I know
he won't want to ee me behind the next
champion.
"It has been whispered that Jeffries will
take an offensive atand and carry the
fighting to Johnson. I don't believe It. In
all my experience with Jeffries I could not
get him to box on the aggressive and it
was not his nature. Until he waa punched
he liked to loaf and take hla time. What
Johnson will do I am unprepared to aay.
It will all depend upon what sort of fight
ing Jeffries map off. How long the fight
will go, whether It will be fatit. or alow,
that Is something I never would allow my.
self to prognosticate. The speed of . the
battle will depend upon the condition of the
men, and this la why we are not going
to make any plana until we hav gone a
few tounda with Mr. Jeffries and see how
much he haa left in hlin."